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• Car bombs around Baghdad kill 6, wound 29 (Reuters)
• Mexico arrests hitmen blamed for Acapulco slayings (Reuters)
• Leaks show Palestinians giving much ground to Israel (Reuters)
• Yemen activists arrested, students protest (Reuters)
• Afghan lawmakers drop Karzai court demand (Reuters)
• How Tunisia's Once-Suppressed Islamists Are Re-Emerging (Time.com)
• Girl talk ruled offside by TV chiefs (AFP)
• Hundreds protest arrest of Yemeni woman activist (AP)
• Chavez supporters, foes stage anniversary rallies (AP)
• Suspected Islamists kill Nigerian soldier guarding church (AFP)
• Missing boat with 5 Americans found in Philippines (AP)
• Bank of Canada chief warns again on debt levels (Reuters)
• Australian honoured for Afghanistan battle (AFP)
• Suddenly the statesman, Hezbollah's Nasrallah calls for Lebanon unity government (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Year Africa Began Looking to Solve its Problems (Time.com)
• Fresh protests could bring down Tunisia's interim government (The Christian Science Monitor)

Car bombs around Baghdad kill 6, wound 29 (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST Reuters - Five car bombs went off around Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 29, security sources said, in a seemingly coordinated series of attacks during a major Shi'ite religious rite.

Mexico arrests hitmen blamed for Acapulco slayings (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 03:56 PM PST Reuters - Mexican federal police have arrested seven drug gang members in the Pacific port of Acapulco, including the man behind the murders of 22 people in the resort this month, the government said on Sunday.

Leaks show Palestinians giving much ground to Israel (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:29 PM PST Reuters - Palestinian negotiators secretly told Israel it could keep swathes of occupied East Jerusalem, according to leaked documents that show Palestinians offering much bigger peace concessions than previously revealed.

Yemen activists arrested, students protest (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:10 PM PST Reuters - An anti-government protester was shot dead by police in southern Yemen and 19 opposition activists were arrested in the capital on Sunday, including a prominent woman who led rallies against the president last week.

Afghan lawmakers drop Karzai court demand (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:26 AM PST Reuters - Afghan lawmakers set aside a demand for President Hamid Karzai to scrap a controversial court probing election fraud on Sunday, paving the way for parliament to convene in three days after weeks of in-fighting.

How Tunisia's Once-Suppressed Islamists Are Re-Emerging (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:20 PM PST Time.com - Ben Ali pummeled them into submission but secular Tunisia's Islamists are shaking off their fears and eager to participate in politics and elections

Girl talk ruled offside by TV chiefs (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:29 PM PST AFP - A pair of television football pundits were caught offside when they made "unacceptable remarks" off-air about a woman assistant referee officiating in a Premier League clash.

Hundreds protest arrest of Yemeni woman activist (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 02:31 PM PST AP - Yemeni police have arrested a woman activist for leading anti-government protests, setting off a second day of street demonstrations.

Chavez supporters, foes stage anniversary rallies (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:03 PM PST AP - Allies and adversaries of President Hugo Chavez took to the streets of the capital by the thousands Sunday, staging rival demonstrations to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Venezuela's democracy.

Suspected Islamists kill Nigerian soldier guarding church (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 02:27 PM PST AFP - Suspected members of an Islamist sect blamed for a series of attacks in Nigeria's north shot dead a soldier guarding a church on Sunday and stole his rifle, an army spokesman said.

Missing boat with 5 Americans found in Philippines (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 02:29 PM PST AP - Searchers from the Philippine coast guard found five missing Americans on board a sailboat that was reported missing en route from Guam. All were in good health, officials said Sunday.

Bank of Canada chief warns again on debt levels (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:25 AM PST Reuters - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned again on Sunday that Canadians should take steps to deal with high levels of household debt because interest rates would at some point rise from near-historic lows.

Australian honoured for Afghanistan battle (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:49 AM PST AFP - An Australian commando who stormed Taliban machine-gunners to save his platoon with no concern for his own safety was on Sunday awarded the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.

Suddenly the statesman, Hezbollah's Nasrallah calls for Lebanon unity government (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:52 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant Shiite group, Hezbollah, called on Sunday for the creation of a national unity government to usher Lebanon out of a political crisis that threatens to deteriorate into sectarian violence.

The Year Africa Began Looking to Solve its Problems (Time.com) Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:20 PM PST Time.com - The Year Africa Began to Help Itself

Fresh protests could bring down Tunisia's interim government (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In an escalation of pressure against Tunisia’s interim unity government, more than 1,000 energetic protesters filled the square in front of the prime minister’s office Sunday to demand its ouster, waving flags and signs and chanting slogans against the government.

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